LISTENING

Part 1:
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F

Part 2:
6. oil extraction
7. coughs, colds (or coughs and colds)
8. constant leg pain
9. paper bark tree(s)
10. powerful antiseptic properties

Part 3:
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. C

Part 4:
16. explosive
17. prototype
18. rocket-grade krosene
19. bell nozzle
20. humongous nozzles
21. drone ship
22. crew and cargo
23. grabbing arm
24. static fire tests
25. glimpse

II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1.
26. D 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. C
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C
36. B 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. A
41. C 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. D

Part 2:

46. ascertain 47. deleterious 48. impressionable 49. malpractices 50. unappreciative

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 51. infantile 52. unassuming 53. lukewarm 54. luxuriant 55. demystify

III. READING (60 points)

Part 1:
56. Unlike 57. by 58. While/ 59. feeding 60. never/
Although/ seldom/ rarely
Whereas
61. whose 62. put 63. until/ before 64. least 65. yet

Part 2:

66. A 67. C 68. A 69. A 70. C

71. D 72. D 73. D 74. D 75. C

Part 3: For questions 76-88, read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (13
points)

76. Paragraph A i

77. Paragraph B v

78. Paragraph C iii

79. Paragraph D vii

80. Paragraph E vi

81. Paragraph F ix

82. F 83. T 84. T 85. F 86. F 87. NG 88. T

Part 4.
89. G 90. F 91. D 92. A 93. H 94. E 95. C

Part 5:
96. C 97. B 98. E 99. B 100. A
101. C 102. D 103. E 104. E 105. D

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GRAPH:
The graph illustrates the statistics of international visitors to three different parts of a country
during a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the national tourism industry has
experienced generally positive changes throughout the years with coastal destinations being the
most attractive of all.
From 1987 to 1997, the hospitality business in the European country witnessed dramatic
fluctuations. The mountains and the lakes both had some decent growth in the first half of that
decade from 20 thousand to 30 thousand and 10 thousand to 20 thousand respectively.
However, mountainous areas lost their attractiveness and went back to their initial statistics in
1987, while lacustrine visits continued to increase and doubled in 1997 compared to the first 5
years. The coasts, though losing some of its visitors at first, had a considerable boost in numbers
later that decade, ending at around 50 thousand in 1997, gaining 25% more guests.
Between 1997 and 2007, the influx of comers kept on and the final results were broadly positive.
Tourists visiting the seaside had the greatest development in this decade with a 50% increase,
while highland tourism also had a small rise of 5 thousand to 35 thousand in 2007. Interestingly,
in 2002, lakeside destinations witnessed a boom in interest, reaching the peak of 75 thousand
visits at its most popular time. Nonetheless, this instant popularity was not sustained and quickly
cooled off, with the number of visitors falling to 50 thousands in 2007.

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 TAPESCRIPT
Part 1: At the time of the Roman Empire in Europe, around 2,000 years ago, it was common for
information to be written, not on paper, but on things called tablets’. These were pieces of wood
about the size and thickness of a typical modem envelope.
Hundreds of such tablets have been unearthed from archaeological sites throughout Europe and
the Mediterranean world “ nearly 200 were found in one Roman fort alone - and like most of
these discoveries, they have been placed In public collections, mainly in museums In northern
Europe, to be viewed but not, unfortunately, to be read.
This is because, although In some cases traces of writing can still be seen, most are now Illegible
to the naked eye. But that’s all soon to change because archaeologists hope that with the help of
new technology, their secrets may soon be revealed. Many of the tablets took the form of legal
documents and letters written by Roman soldiers. An example, now at the British Museum, bears
the name of the person who wrote it and the name of the person who received it, plus the word
‘transportation’, which you can just make out, but the rest remains a mystery. Now, with the help
of computer techniques, experts hope eventually to be able to read the whole letter. Professor
Mike Brady, a leading figure In what’s known as 'computer vision’ for many years, admits that
this Is the hardest project he’s ever worked on. But the excitement of seeing the latest Ideas In
computing applied to such a very ancient problem has the archaeological community buzzing.
So, In simple terms, why has the writing been preserved and how will it be possible to ‘undo’ the
ageing process? Well, the tablets were made with thin, hollow panels cut across them. Wax was
poured Into these and the text was then written Into this soft surface using an Instrument with a
fine metal point. In virtually all cases, the wax has perished and all that can be detected on the
surface of the tablet underneath are scratches. These are too faint to be read, because they are
distorted.
For some time, scientists have attempted to study them with laser photography, but this has
proved fruitless. However, It is now hoped that by enhancing Images of the tablets on computer,
their original messages will become legible again. If this Is the case, a whole new source of
historical Information will be opened up, and this promises advances and new knowledge for
many decades to come. The new technology has already been used on texts In Ink as well, and In
the future, It will be applied to damaged surfaces of many kinds.

Part 2:

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SpaceX’s operation out of Boca Chica, Texas has been hard at work creating a reusable
spacecraft capable of taking humans to the moon or even Mars. It started with short hops, then
test flights multiple kilometers up with some spectacular landings, both elegant and explosive.
Now the company is preparing to make the next giant leap for their space program: they’re going
to send their latest prototype into orbit for the first time ever.
Sure, SpaceX has launched stuff into orbit before. Lots of stuff, actually. At this point, Falcon 9
launches and landings seem practically routine. But for a number of reasons, Starship is
different, like for example it uses a revolutionary new engine. The Falcon 9 relies on the trusty
Merlin engines, but a big part of the Starship development process has been designing and
refining an engine the company has dubbed Raptor. The Raptor uses liquid oxygen and methane,
a departure from Merlin’s more conventional combination of liquid oxygen and rocket-grade
kerosine known as RP-1. The Raptor also uses what’s known as a full-flow staged combustion
system which uses every bit of fuel for thrust unlike Merlin’s open-cycle system. These changes
are designed to make Starship’s engines more powerful, efficient, and reusable, all desirable
traits for engines that could one day ferry people to and from other worlds. To date, Starship
prototypes have had at most three raptor engines, but SN 20 will have six. The additional three
aren’t for getting the craft into orbit, but don’t you worry we’ll get to that. No, the other three

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raptors are optimized to work better in the vacuum of space. The most obvious difference
between them and the sea-level optimized raptors is the addition of a giant bell nozzle that
improves efficiency in space. So then, how is SN20 going to get into orbit if it only has just the
three sea level optimized engines plus the added weight of hauling three more engines and their
humongous nozzles up there. The solution is to carry Starship up with a booster rocket called the
Super Heavy, which will sport 29 raptor engines. This will be the first time ever this massive
booster stage has flown. SpaceX briefly stacked one stage on top of the other back in August. It
was only to check the fit but at 120 meters tall, it became the tallest rocket ever assembled.
One of the major advances SpaceX made to rocket science is landing the first stage of their
rockets safely back on the ground. Falcon 9 boosters gently touching down on drone ships not
only look straight out of science fiction, but have allowed the company to reuse their rockets
over and over. Their goal is to master the same trick with Starship, and they’ve been fine-tuning
just how to
bring it back down gently. If Starship is ever going to land on other planets like Mars, they’ll
have to get it down perfectly if they don’t want to flatten the crew or cargo.
Reusability will also drive down the cost of launches, so SpaceX would like to make both stages
of the launch capable of soft landing, although the proposed design for the Super Heavy involves
a tower with grabbing arms that would literally catch it as it slowly descended toward earth. For
SN 20 and its Super Heavy, gentle touchdowns aren’t part of the plan. Its launch is solely
focused on getting Starship into orbit, and once it gets there, who cares how it comes
down right now? The Super Heavy is expected to hit the water in the gulf of Mexico, while,
fingers crossed, Starship reaches orbit before coming down again near Hawaii. SN20 has had a
few static fire tests to make sure both the vacuum and sea level raptors are functioning. If the
Super heavy boosts Starship into orbit successfully, then SpaceX’s plans will really start taking
shape. They’ll have to perfectly land each stage of the rocket and probably figure out a million
other things, but still the outcome of this upcoming starship launch could give us a very clear
glimpse of what is to come.

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